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The wars & local soldiers, 1935

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Campaign Against War Secret Pictures to Be Shown Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

Permission has been given for the use of pictures, hitherto kept secret by the Government, to be made into a was picture to be shown by the…

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King Peter Flaying Soldiers Told He Heads Jugoslav Army

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 3

King Peter II. of Jugoslavia, 11 year old monarch who was notified that he was commander-in-chief of the army while he was playing soldiers in…

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Wounded in Last Minute Of the War

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

A man who was wounded in the last minute of the war died recently in Wales. He was William Arthur Whiting, a…

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Latest Wires Japan Sees War Ahead Tokio

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

General Araki, in a New Year's Empire-wide radio broadcast, told the Nation, “We are now on the threshold old of a crisis in 1935. I do not see…

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Returned Soldiers 20,000 in the League Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

Mr. L. A. Robb, State president of the Returned Soldiers' League [?] view of the year's activities of the league, said that the State membership…

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Returned Soldier's Body Found in Murray River Poison in Stomach

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

The body of Edward Boyce, of Tallangatta (V.) was found floating in the River Murray at Granya, fear Tallangatta, late on Monday night…

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Returned Soldiers Sixth Annual Sports Successful Day's Outing

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 3

The sixth annual race and sports meeting of the Tumbarumba Returned Soldiers took place at the racecourse on Boxing Day when…

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Tragic Shark Attacks in George's River. Young Man Killed, [?]Eadfully Wounded

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

Two tragic shark ut tacks occurred in George's River within hours of each other on Monday. [?] George solten 10 a…

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No More War Glasgow Students' Movement

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

A number of students at Glasgow University have founded a branch of the No-More-War Movement, which has as its object to "advocate,…

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British War Film Affects Ex-soliders

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 14

The audience at the first public showing of the war horrors film "Forgotten Men," in a West Eng cinema, was composed almost entirely of men,…

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Gang Warfare in Sydney Man Wounded Shots From Car Narrowly Escapes Death Victim Refuses Information SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1935 · page 1

There was a recurrence of gang warfare in Sydney shortly after midnight, during which William Smile, aged 29 yean, laborer, of…

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Local and General Mickey Mouse in "Hot Chocolate Soldiers"

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 January 1935 · page 2

When Mickey Mouse, Walt Disne's a famous cartoon, appears on the screen, actually playing scenes with human actors, through an amazing…

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Railway Passes for War Veterans on Anzac Day Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 1

The State Government has dcided to grant free railway, passes to every war veteran in New South Wales on April 25 to enable them to participate…

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Returned Soldiers' League Presentation to Mr. Griffiths

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 January 1935 · page 3

A meeting of the Leeton branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association was held on Friday night, tho senior vice-president, Mr. T. E…

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Anzac Day Passes

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 2

The State Government has decided to grant, free railway, passes to every war veteran in New South Wales on April 25 to enable, them to particle…

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The Grasshopper "War"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 4

This is how a correspondent in Sydney described the grasshopper plague in a recent message by cable to the "News Chronicle" in…

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'Plane Crashes Into Regiment Many Killed and Wounded CALCUTTA

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 1

Fifteen men of the Fourth and Tenth Baliech Regiment were killed and eleven injured when an aeroplane of the Indian Air Force crashed into…

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Church War Mexico City

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 1

Seven were killed and four wounded in the State of Michigan, and five seriously wounded, while 22 received minor injuries, as a result of…

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Queen Mary Interest in Disabled Soldiers' Work

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1935 · page 4

The Queen and the Princess Royal were among the first visitors to sec the eighth annual exhibition and sale at the Imperial Institute, South…

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Way to Peace International Co-operation Neutrality Cannot Prevent War Regulating Arms Making

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 6

The co-operation of the English speaking races in the permanent establishment of world peace was recently urged by General Smuts,…

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